Zhang Yang turned back and glanced at his daughter who was playing house with Xiao Sizi. Well...she still looked quite silly and cute.
Zhang Yang took the cake from his wife's hand and continued to concentrate on the matter in front of him while eating.
When Lishan's drawings were delivered to the blacksmith's workshop, Master Jiang looked solemnly as he looked at the drawings, especially when he saw the two-inch-thick gun barrel. How much fine iron was needed for casting?
Niu Chuang is the technical backbone of the village. He started working on flushing toilets, then crazily supplemented basic knowledge, became the second-in-command of His Highness King Wei, and now is the technical backbone of Lishan.
In recent years, in related casting matters, such as molds, the county prince previously provided an idea, and the King of Wei came to take the lead in tackling the problem.
Niu Chuang has made the greatest progress and is now over forty.
Master Jiang looked at the drawings and had some thoughts in his mind, "It seems that we still need to polish the mold. Where is His Highness the King of Wei?"
Niu Chuang said distressedly: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei will vomit when he looks at the drawings. He has been busy with the papermaking workshop recently."
"Well, that being said, it's better not to disturb King Wei."
While talking, Niu Chuang began to prepare the materials for making molds, and Master Jiang also sketched out the drawings of the required molds.
"The county prince said in the drawing that the specific burr edges can be polished by him. When can the lathe be sent down the mountain?"
"The county prince didn't say it clearly. There are probably many areas that need to be improved. When the time is right, he will be sent down the mountain."
Niu Chuang couldn't ask any more questions and was busy with the matter at hand.
It takes one month to build ten large cannon barrels, and the blueprints obtained by the blacksmith workshop are also the barrels.
I'm nervous, but the manpower in the blacksmith shop is sufficient now. The barrel is three feet long, and the mold must be at least five feet long.
Start now and it can be completed before Qingming Festival.
After meeting Zhang Yang before New Year's Eve and confessing his identity, his suspicion of Lishan was gone and his worries were gone. Master Jiang worked even harder for this blacksmith workshop.
The more Zhang Yang talked about old-age care, the less Master Jiang was willing to step down from his position as the chief engineer of the blacksmith shop. He always felt that he should do more things for this child.
The blacksmith's furnace was fired up and casting began.
The spring plowing has not yet started, but the village is already very busy. It stands to reason that the manpower should be used for farming in the coming year.
Lishan's situation made the officials in the court itch with hatred, and they were bullying others too much. Lishan used people's power in such a way, but no one complained, and not a single villager came to Chang'an City to express their grievances.
The demon Zhang Yang used tricks to make these villagers happy.
Today, another letter came from Tang Xuanzang who was in Dunhuang Dojo. As soon as the letter arrived at Lishan, it was intercepted by His Majesty's people before it was delivered to the village.
As a result, the letter Zhang Yang saw was sent by His Majesty, and His Majesty's monitoring of Lishan became even stronger.
"I didn't expect that Lishan and Monk Xuanzang still exchanged letters?"
Li Shimin was surprised and a little surprised. To his surprise, he discovered another thing that he had hidden from me.
Zhang Yang looked at the content of the letter and explained: "It's just a one-sided contact. Monk Xuanzang felt that I had a causal relationship with him, so he wanted to contact me. Lishan never replied to him."
"I don't care if you are related to this monk."
"Your Majesty is joking, all the monks in the world would like to eat me alive."
"I have read what is said in the letter. Monk Xuanzang's words have the style of a saint. What do you think?"
Zhang Yang put down the parchment letter and looked at the Huaqing Pool that was drying. The water in the Huaqing Pool had been drained. After two days of cleaning and another day of soaking, the water could be filled again at night.
Three or two birds stopped in the empty pool, and Zhang Yang suddenly frowned. It was not until the little bear at home drove the birds away, that the pool became empty again, and it felt more comfortable to look at it like this.
Listening to His Majesty's question, Zhang Yang replied: "Xuan Zang said in the letter that clocks are against human nature and it is wrong to divide time into minutes and quarters. Such division will make people in the future more tired and tired. Life."
"What Xuanzang wants to refute is not the principle of the clock, but Lishan's use of human power and dividing time into minutes, which is contrary to the philosophy he adheres to in his life, so Xuanzang said this."
Li Shimin whispered: "Do you know Xuanzang very well?"
Zhang Yang smiled calmly and replied: "I can't say that I understand him. It's just that he wrote several times asking me to convert, but I never wrote him a reply."
After thinking about what he just said, Li Shimin asked again: "Do you think Xuanzang's words are wrong?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Just like Xuanzang said, Lishan built a pendulum clock and divided the twelve hours into hours. In this way, the time was more refined. When the concept of time became clearer, people would He will catch up with time. If he has five hours of working time in a day, then he will do more things in these five hours."
"But the monks all feel that people should be free. The monks regard a person's life as a time node. They believe that there is an afterlife, so they feel that the scale of life is grand. It does not only exist in reality. They use clocks to divide time. It’s not right to mark the scale of life.”
"This is what Xuanzang wanted to explain in his letter. In his words, I created a pendulum clock. I am the evil person, and I am the person who poisons the world."
Li Shimin chewed the soy beef and didn't reply.
Time is a question worth pondering.
"Your pendulum clock was brought into the palace, and now it is placed in my Manna Hall. It is very useful for me to look at it from time to time, so I know what to do at what time. However, many Confucian scholars at that time heard about this thing. Quite eloquently, they also feel that there should be no such thing as a clock, as it goes against the laws of reproduction of all things."
After saying that, Li Shimin picked up another piece of soy beef and put it into his mouth, chewed it and continued: "Child slaves often say that the knowledge of Lishan Mountain Gate is its own system. Let me tell you how you view time."
While talking, Gao Yang and Qinghe ran past laughing, while Li Fu and Li Ming fought for toys.
Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't reply, Li Shimin also fell silent and continued to eat soy beef. This kind of food is rare. The cooks in the palace have not yet figured out the recipe for this delicious soy beef.
Although the beef is delicious, I get angry and thirsty after eating it.
After taking another sip of tea, Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and burped. There was not much sauce beef left in the jar, so he could save lunch today.
After a long time, Li Shimin stood up and said, "You are still young and your foundation in Lishan is still shallow. Since I can't answer the question, I won't embarrass you."
Zhang Yang cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, Monk Xuanzang believes that a person's life is a scale. He believes that people are free even if they don't farm, work, or produce. His words are still from the perspective of educating the world. It’s wrong to speculate on life.”
"Well, it turns out you still have some grudges."
"If it is true as Monk Xuanzang said, this world should also perish. If it goes against the principles of the country, the country, and the country, this kind of monk should be killed."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "People say that I am a sage, wise and benevolent king. I cannot kill my ministers just because of a word, nor can I kill Xuanzang because of a letter. How can I kill him without any crime?"
Zhang Yang's eyes were a little more angry, "Framing him!"
"When he left the Pass to travel to the west, I have already issued an order not to allow him to enter the Pass. He can think about his mistakes on the sandbank. This is enough."
Zhang Yang glanced at the remaining soy beef in the jar and stood aside in despair.
Li Shimin left with satisfaction.
After a while, Li Zhi came over happily. He put his little hand into the jar, picked up the two pieces of soy sauce beef left in the jar, and ate and drank.
I was very satisfied with the meal. The beef in sauce was very thin and big, slightly bigger than his face.
After Li Zhi finished eating, he still thought about it...
Zhang Yang whispered: "Your Highness, Prince Jin, is it delicious?"
Li Zhi nodded and said, "My brother-in-law's sauce beef is always delicious."
Noticing his brother-in-law's solemn gaze, Li Zhi thought that he had not caused any trouble recently. Even if the emperor's sister did get into trouble, he would complain to his brother-in-law and the emperor's sister. Among his brothers and sisters, he was the most obedient.
Why is my brother-in-law's eyes so fierce?
Zhang Yang said quietly: "Your father came to Lishan and ate for free. He ate up all my can of soy sauce beef."
"Brother-in-law still has sixteen cans of soy sauce beef."
"Come with me to clean up the workshop today."
"ah?"
Li Zhizheng let out a surprised sound and was about to turn around and run away when his brother-in-law's big hand grabbed the hem of his clothes behind him, as if his fate was also in his brother-in-law's hands.
Because of the late spring cold this year, Lishan's cotton cloth sold better. Li Yue was very satisfied when he looked at the accounts. The cotton cloth inventory was about to be exhausted.
It is also because of this late spring cold that it has been raining continuously in Guanzhong these days. It is about to enter March, the weather is still cold, and there are not many people working in the fields.
A memorial was sent to Chang'an. After Li Chengqian read the memorial, it was immediately sent to Lishan.
This late spring cold caused a flash flood to erupt in Tiantai Mountain where Jiucheng Palace is located, and many palaces were buried. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but many fields were damaged by rice seedlings.
This flash flood destroyed more than 300 acres of farmland in Tiantai Mountain.
Li Chengqian discussed with the DPRK and quickly made a decision and ordered the relocation of the people.
Some people say that this flash flood was caused by His Majesty's disrespect to the mountain gods when he built the Jiucheng Palace. In short, the Emperor's Jiucheng Palace is in Tiantai Mountain, so the Emperor should be blamed.
Flash floods caused by the late spring cold also made Li Shimin's vacation a little more troublesome.
Li Shimin lived in the palace at the foot of Lishan Mountain, and the princesses and princes would often visit him.
Princess Dongyang is telling Her Majesty the cause of this flash flood.
"Father, Tiantai Mountain has many strange peaks and dangerous places. It is located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. There are many streams, waterfalls and pools."
"Coupled with the continuous deforestation, since the Renshou Palace was not converted into Jiucheng Palace, there have been frequent floods. The land where the palace is located is a vast ocean. This is caused by the water system, coupled with the weather and human reclamation, it leads to flash floods. , and not because my father wanted to repair Jiucheng Palace, which caused this flash flood."
Hearing this, Li Shimin became interested.
Princess Dongyang continued: "In fact, there are often flash floods in various places in Guanzhong. In previous years, flash floods occurred in Xunzhou, Qishan, most of Hanzhong, Chencang, and Longxian."
Li Shimin's eyes fell on the map and listened to his daughter's patient explanation.
"In my daughter's opinion, flash floods have something to do with geography and vegetation, and have nothing to do with the so-called mountain gods."
"I heard this from someone."
Dongyang bowed slightly in front of his father and said: "Back to my father, my brother-in-law has been studying the weather recently. At the beginning, my brother-in-law was worried that there would be flash floods during the pass."
"It is common for flash floods to occur in Guanzhong."
Li Shimin seemed to be talking about a very common thing.
Queen Changsun on the side was crying and laughing. Her Majesty really didn't have a good word to say about Zhang Yang.
Dongyang added: "Father, my brother-in-law has been studying weather and land recently, and my daughter saw it in the memorials at Taifu Temple in her spare time."
Li Shimin frowned slightly, and then said: "This is all your brother-in-law's responsibility. I can only say that he is also a conscientious person."
After explaining the cause of the flash flood to his father, Dongyang added: "Father, my brother-in-law often talks about returning farmland to forests."
Return farmland? Li Shimin ate the meat peeled from the walnuts and said with a straight face: "Guanzhong has been poor and weak for a long time. There is not enough land to cultivate. How can we return the farmland! You usually follow your brother-in-law and don't listen to him on everything."
"Father is right, my daughter is resigning."
Before leaving, Queen Changsun asked someone to bring some walnuts to Dongyang, and the girl left happily.
His Majesty and the Queen were the only ones left in the room.
Li Shimin was still peeling the walnuts by himself. The prince on the side took a small mallet and knocked the walnuts. After they were slightly cracked, they could be handed over to His Majesty, who could then peel them and eat them.
The mallet struck again, and the walnut cracked with a crisp sound.
Li Shimin ate the walnuts with satisfaction, "These are the leftover walnuts from winter. Guanyin Maid should also eat more."
Empress Changsun sighed in frustration and handed it to the palace maid aside. She saw that there were three to five baskets of walnuts and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to eat them all?"
Feeling thirsty after eating too much, Li Shimin took a sip of tea and said, "Walnuts are rare, do they have to be given to Lishan? I will eat them slowly."
What happened between the father-in-law and his son-in-law?
Empress Changsun was eating walnuts thoughtfully. Her Majesty could not say that her son-in-law was good at all, let alone give it to Lishan walnuts.
In fact, there are so many things in Taifu Temple. Zhang Yang drafted the dossier on his own initiative. Yue'er said that he should always observe the sky and know the weather.
These are all deeds of great merit. There are so many princesses and relatives inside and outside the clan, but there is no one who always thinks about the palace like Zhang Yang.
His Majesty and the Queen were silent, and another young eunuch came in a hurry, "Your Majesty, I heard that Lishan sold another 7,000 feet of cotton this month."
"How much does seven thousand feet of cotton cost?"
Hearing His Majesty ask, the young eunuch bowed and replied, "The current market price of cotton cloth outside is six yuan per foot. Calculated in this way, it is more than one thousand yuan. In addition, many merchants have paid three to five thousand yuan in advance. I want cotton cloth from Lishan for the coming year.”
There is not enough cotton cloth to sell, and even the merchants have to order cotton cloth for the coming year.
Li Shimin wiped his mouth and patted the walnut shell crumbs off his clothes, "This boy made so much money again today, five to six thousand guan of silver a month. His family property is too much to spend all."
After that, Li Shimin picked up his belt and left the palace to go to Lishan to have a meal.
This guy has so much money, who will get it if you don’t take it from him?
